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LENIN MISCELLANY
2047
TO TSENTROSOYUZ
April 1921

Could we not, at the expense of military transport {such a directive exists from the Central Committee, adopted yesterday}, strengthen the supply of seed potatoes from abroad?

This must be done.

In March, 620 military echelons were transported (620!!!). Before sowing, we could bring in 500 x 0.8 = 400,000 poods of seed potatoes.

Press on!

Lenin

FROM CORRESPONDENCE ON THE MATTER OF SPECIALISTS 
OF THE SVIR HYDROELECTRIC STATION CONSTRUCTION

7164
MEMORANDUM FROM THE MANAGER OF AFFAIRS
April 1921

Regarding the arrested builders of hydroelectric stations on the Svir, it is necessary to ascertain:

1) in whose hands and at what stage the matter stands;
2) whether those have been released to whom no concrete accusation has been presented thus far;

[Editorial note material regarding the English edition of William Hard's *Raymond Robins' Own Story* (New York and London, 1920)...]

1921 YEAR

3) likewise: those who could be released conditionally;
4) is the technical expertise of the accusation solidly prepared?

LETTER TO F. E. DZERZHINSKY
July 30, 1921

Comrade Dzerzhinsky,

Comrade Dzerzhinsky, do you know of this matter?

I am told that here, most likely, there was a malicious denunciation—slander from some offended or vengeful party.

If you do not know, entrust someone to inform me—someone (from responsible comrades, completely reliable) who knows this matter well, who has studied it thoroughly himself.

Return this, please, with a brief opinion.

With communist greetings

Lenin

*Printed from a typewritten copy.*

GG68
LETTER TO THE PETROGRAD SOVIET
May 5, 1921

I am informed that:

1) the sculptor Ginzburg, who is making a bust of Plekhanov, needs materials—clay and so forth;
2) that the graves of Plekhanov and Zasulich have been neglected.

Could we not give an order on both points to look after [them], to check?

Lenin